Pipe-carrier for railway-cars



W. KELSO.

PIPE CARRIER FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 1920.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM xnnso, or PITTSBURGH, rEnNsYLvama, .assmnon TO "IYHE MCCONWAY 8a 'I'ORLEY COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A GORPORATION'OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

PIPE-CARRIER non RAILWAY-CARS.

To all whom it may concern: it

Be it known that I, \VILIQIAM KELSO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in P1pe-Carwere for Railway-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertainsto make and use the same.

l\/ y invention relates to pipe carrier mech- Ianism for railway carsand is designed to provide simple, durable and efiiclent means for supporting the steam, a1r and signal pipes in a manner permitting their ends to be shifted transversely of the car tothe ex- .tent requiredto prevent them from being struck or damaged by the head of a laterally swinging car coupler in any of the various positions which the latter may assume ently shifting the carriers in opposite directions in accordance Wlllll the movement of the coupler. In the embodiment of this feature of my invention in the mechanism it is preferred soto arrange the pivoted hangersby which the pipe carriers aresupported that the latter havea bias or nor mally tend to. move toward the coupler.

There are minor features ofthe invention, residing in particular combinations and 1n details of construction,a1l as will hereinafter appear.

i In the drawings illustrating the form in which I prefer to embody the principle of my invention, the scope whereof is pointed out 1n the cla1ms:-- i v a Flgure 1 1s a new partly in plan and partly in horizontal section of a pipe carrier R and to a lateralswinging coupler, the cou- Specification of Letters ream. P t nted Jan, 1 1921, Application filed November 4, 1920. Serial no. 421,757.

pler carry iron and the center sills of a car, a portion of the coupler head being broken away. i i

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-42, Fig. 1 the push bars by means of which the coupler causes the lateral shifting of. the pipe carwere being shown in elevation.

In the drawings, 1 is a car coupler which is adapted to be mounted upon a railway car so as to i be capable of swinging laterally when passing around curves in the track. The form of laterally swinging coupler illustrated in the drawings is of the well known type employing spring boxes 2 for normally maintaining the coupler stem in the longitudinal axis of the car andjhaving its couplerhead 3 pivotally connected to said stem bymeans of a pivot pin 4:;ubut it will be understood that the laterally swinging -coupler may be of other specific form if desired. i i i The coupler is supported by a carry iron 5 which extends between the centersills or draft sills 6 of the car.

As a convenient means for securing the carry iron in posit1on'in a manner permittingit to be readily removed, it is preferred to attach rigidly to each of the draft sills, as by meansof rivets 7, a bracket member 8', each of said brackets being provided with an inwardly extending perforated Inc: 9 upon which the carry iron 5 rests. Bolts 10, which passthrough the perforations in the lugs 9 andthrough the carryfliron, serve-to retainthe latter in assembled position. i i i i Rigidly mounted upon the car on opposite sides of the center sills thereof are a pair of brackets 11 from which are pivotallysuspended links or haneers 12 and 13, respectivelyr The pivotal connection of the links to the brackets 11 may be formed by rivets carrier or clamp 17 by which the air pipe 18 and the signal pipe 19 are embraced. Rivets 20 may conveniently be employed as: pivot pins for connecting the hangers 12 and 13 to their respective pipe clamps,which latter,

as shown, are customarily constructed of "14. The lower end of the hanger 12 is pivseparable parts bolted together. As is shown inthe drawings, the hangers 12 and 13 preferably converge upwardly, that is to say, the lines connecting the pivot pins 14:

and 2010f the respective hangers converge upwardly. By this means the pipe carriers "15 and 17 are caused to have a normal bias shifted laterally in response to the swinging movements of the coupler.

The means preferably employed for actuating the pipe carriers are transversely eX- tending bars 21 one of which is pivotally connected to eachlof the carriers, such pivwotallconnection preferably being eilected by rivets 22 which pass through perforations in the outer ends of the bars and their respectively adjacent pipe clamps. Each of the bars 21 engages the stem ol the car coupler 1 ,"but preferably is not secured thereto, the 'resultbeing that the coupler may effect a lateral shifting of either bar independently of the other and, consequently, may independently'shitt either of the pipe carriers transversely of the car. The bars 21 extend through suitable openings 23 in the sills 6 and in'the carry iron supporting brackets 8 and may rest upon the upper surface of the carry iron. the openings 23 being sufliciently "large to afford proper clearance for the bars 21 during their movements in the operation of the mechanism.

The construction being substantially such as hereinbefore. pointed out, its operation will be as follows: Upon a lateral swinging movement of the coupler one of the bars 21, depending upon the direction in which the coupler swings, is moved transversely,

' thus causing the pipe carrier to which it is pivotally connected to be correspondingly shifted transversely of the car. Owing to the fact that the pipe carriers 15 and 17 are suspendedby the pivoted hangers 12 and 13, -respect1vely, the outward transverse shifting ot-the pipe carrier causes-the latter tobe raised shghtly. W hen the couplerl returns to its normal position in the longitudinal axis of the car, the resiliency @of the pipe or pipes which have been flexed causes the corresponding carrier to be res jturnedto normal position, its restoration to 60 such position being assisted by gravity as the hangerby whlch the carrier is supported swings downwardly to its initial po' sition. V p

- lily inventionprovidesan extremely simple mechanism for preventingthe coupler or said coupler, means carried by the car for pivotally supporting said pipe carriers, and means movable by said coupler for moving said carriers transversely of the car.

2. In mechanism of the character indi- -ated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, of a plurality of independently movable pipe carriers arranged upon opposite sides of said coupler, means arried by the car for pivotally supporting the respective carriers so that they may swing independently, and means movable by said coupler for independently shifting said carriers in opposite directions transversely of the car.

3. In mechanism of the character indicated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, of a plurality of independently movable pipe carriers disposed upon opposite sidesof said coupler, a plurality of hangers pivotally supporting the respective carriers, each of said hangers being pivotally movable with respect to the car upon which it is mounted and being pivotally connected to one of said pipe carriers, and means movable by said coupler for shifting said carriers transversely of thecar.

4-. In mechanism of the character indicated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, ofa plurality of independently movable pipe carriers disposed upon opposite sides of said coupler and adapted to be independently shifted transversely of the car upon a corresponding lateral movement oi"- the coupler, and a plurality of hangers for supporting the respective carriers, said hangers being pivotally mounted upon the car and ,pivotally connected to the corresponding carriers, and the lines connecting the pivot points of the respective hangers being convergent upwardly, where- .by said carriers normally tend to move toward said coupler.

5. In mechanism of the character indicated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, of a plurality of independently movable pipe. carriers disposed upon opposite sides of said coupler and adapted to be independently shifted transverselyoit' the car upon a corresponding lateral movement of the coupler, a plurality of hangers pivotally mounted upon the car and pivotally connected to the corresponding carriers, and independent means pivotally connected to the respective pipe carriers and adapted to be dissimultaneously actuated by said coupler for shifting said carriers transversely of the car.

6. In mechanism of the character indicated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, of a plurality of pipe carriers disposed upon opposite sides ofsaid coupler, means carried by the car for pivotally supporting said pipe carriers, and means pivotally connected to the res ective carriers and movable by said coup er for shlltlng said carriers transversely of the car.

7. In. mechanism of the character ind1- cated, the combination with a laterally movable car coupler, of a plurality of pipe car riers disposed upon op osite sides of said coupler, a plurality o hangers pivotally mounted uponthe car on 0 posite sides of thecenter sills thereof an pivotally connected to the corresponding carriers, and

WILLIAM KELSO. 

